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Tourism MiniPIA (Integrated Incentives Packages)

(New public notice - Regional Programme ERDF – ESF+ 2021-2027)

The Tourism MiniPIA funding scheme is available to businesses of all sizes, from large enterprises to micro-businesses, offering integrated incentives packages for business investment programmes with overall eligible expenditure, ranging from a minimum of 30,000 euros to a maximum of 5 million euros.

Eligible investment programmes should involve the expansion, modernization and renovation of hotels and tourist accommodation structures (with at least 5 rooms) and the recovery of existing structures and historical buildings (from abandoned or unfinished buildings to farms, buildings of historical value, trulli, towers and forts, period houses and farmhouses) with a view to increasing the value of existing heritage and qualifying the local hospitality sector.

In terms of maximum eligible costs, capital investments should not exceed 90% of the total investment programme. In addition to capital investments, the investment programme must include at least one innovation initiative (relating to technological upgrading and digitalization, business processes and organization) and/or one training initiative, which may be also associated with specialised consultancy and international business promotion services, trade fair participation as well as the introduction of environmental protection and energy efficiency measures.

The business investments should be geared towards the improvement of hospitality services, with an emphasis on ecological and green initiatives, in addition to advancing the digitalisation of businesses operating in the tourism sector and the skills training of tourism and hospitality workers, improving the quality of regional employment, including women’s employment.

The Tourism MiniPIA funding scheme is also available to formal business networks and consortia, for investment programmes with overall eligible expenditure, falling within the range of minimum 500,000 euros and maximum 2 million euros.

The Tourism MiniPIA scheme operates an open call procedure: to qualify for evaluation and selection, the business investment proposal should first secure a bank loan, making use of the guarantee facilities offered by Confidi and Medio Credito Centrale.

As of May 22nd 2024, applications must be submitted online, following the procedure in the dedicated section, by registering and filling out the necessary online forms, on the platform PugliaSemplice:

pugliasemplice.sistema.puglia.it

The application will then be forwarded to the bank or to the Confidi, which, after examining the eligibility status of the proposing business, will grant the secured loan and send the investment programme proposal to Puglia Sviluppo for evaluation.

The Tourism MiniPIA funding scheme has no fixed deadlines for proposals, subject to the availability of funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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